Horseshoe



(No Model.)

D. B. VAN HORN.

I HORSESHOE. No. 579,782. Patented Mar. 30, 1897.

WITNESSES: INVENTUR #27144? J mm BY ATTY'S.

NITED STATES DANIEL B. VAN HORN, OF ETNA, NEW JERSEY.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,782, dated March30, 1897.

' A li atio fil d December 4, 1896. Serial No. 614,405. (No model.)

scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide,

horseshoes of simple, strong, and durable construction and which preventa horse from slipping, even when going at high speed over icy orslippery ground.

The invention consists in the improved horseshoe and in the combinationand arrangement of the various parts thereof, substantially as will behereinafter more fully described, and finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure 1 isa plan view of the lower face of my improved horseshoe, and Fig. 2 adetail perspective view of one of the heels thereof.

In said drawings, 0. represents a metallic horseshoe provided on itslower face with the usual fullering b, wherein are arranged thenail-holes c in the ordinary and well-known manner. Near the toe of saidshoe a and on the lower face thereof is the curved toe-call: 61,substantially parallel with the curve of the toe d. The independentL-shaped heelcalks e and f, near the heels 6 and f, respectively, arearranged so that the longer arms 9 and h of the Us are substantiallyparallel with the outer edges and point toward the quarters of saidshoe, while the shorter arms g and h terminate on the inner edges andnear their respective heels e and f, all as clearlyshown in Fig. l ofthe drawings. The said calks d e f are preferably integral with the shoect and are triangular in cross-section,

springing directly from the lower face of theshoe and formingsubstantially knife-edged projections at different angles to each other,

but terminate substantially in one and the same horizontal plane whenthe shoe is in use.

It will be observed that the calks extend neither to the extreme toe orheels of the shoe, but are arranged at or a short distance from thesepoints,which arrangement imparts a certain amount of spring to the shoe,gives it, as the lines of resistance of the several calks merge nearbythe center of the shoe, a more solid bearing on frozen or otherwiseslippery ground, and greatly lessens the danger of the horse calkinghimself, as will be manifest.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

I 1. Ahorseshoe consistingofametallicbody, a curved calk projecting fromthe lower face of the toe of said body, and an independent L-shaped calkprojecting from the lower face of each of the heels and having theirlonger extremities approximately parallel with the.

outer edges of the said heels whereby the lines of resistance of theseveral calks merge nearby the center of the shoe, substantially as andfor the purposes described.

2. A horseshoe consisting of a metallic body, a curved calk, triangularin cross-section, projecting from the lower face of the toe of said bodyand substantially parallel with the outer edge thereof, and anindependent L- shaped calk, also triangular in cross-section, projectingfrom the lower face of each of the heels and having their longerextremities approximately parallel with the outer edges of the saidheels, and their shorter extremities at right angles thereto whereby thelines of resistance of the several calks merge nearby the center of theshoe, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this28th day of November, 1896.

DANIEL B. VAN HORN.

W'itnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL.

